Dalia Hernandez, Gerardo Taracena, Mauricio Amuy Tenorio

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his ...( read more  read more... )fate.

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R, 2 hrs. 18 min.

Directed by: Mel Gibson

Release Date: December 8, 2006

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007

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  • September 30, 2009
    Fantastic film! I really was not expecting to be as blow away as I am. I'm sure it?s not historically accurate and the subtitles are questionable at times but in the end, this is a very impressive epic, beautifully shot and very well acted. There was not a moment that I was not e...( read more)ntertained during this film. PS. Don't watch the making off. It?s very self-congratulating and stomach churning.
  • April 26, 2009
    Love, love, loved this film. Gibson's direction is flawless
  • April 5, 2009
    The best film I have seen in years, truely 100% awesome film making. Mr Gibson may have caused trouble in the past with his beliefs but bugger me a can make a film. This is perfect in every way. It looks out of this world, perfect, realistic down to the last detail. The sound is ...( read more)moving and finely tuned. The action is tense, brutal, fast, cruel and sucks you in without mercy. The acting is again..perfect, all new cast and they do the job better than most in hollywood could ever do. The scenary and feel is amazing, you can almost smell the jungle the animals, blood, sweat, the danger.....its unreal thats its that real :) I just can't describe how good this is...right down to jewelery worn by the local natives. Its just soooooo good. the only negative is the fact that the plot is rather simple and not too original, but who cares. Some have said the ending is flat but I think it really worked well, alittle anti climax but works. If you haven't seen this..see it now.
  • February 6, 2009
    Proof once more Mel Gibson as out lived his role as an actor and really should turn his head to directing more movies like this....even though not a word is in english you simply cant take your eyes off how much attention to detail thats in this movie, one of the best movies I di...( read more)dnt see from 2006 Im getting the pleasure of watching on TV right this minute....hahaha first review Ive given b4 the end of the movie too its that damn good ;)
  • December 17, 2008
    Great mis en scene. Good action, pretty gross/excellent.
  • November 22, 2009
    dramatic action flick starring Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo and Dalia Hernández. directed by Mel Gibson.

    set in Central America, during the declining period of the Maya civilization, a man (Youngblood) makes a desperate bid to escape being a human sacrifice and return to his ...( read more)family and the woman he loves.

    I wasn't sure if I was gonna like this one or not, but I actually found myself getting into the story. found it very cool that the cast, who are of Native American descent, speak Yucatec Maya throughout the film.

    good story with a lot of pretty intense action. good stuff!
  • November 13, 2009
    Amazingly Entertaining!
  • November 12, 2009
    sepertinya bagus kalo liat trailernya,i wanna see this film as soon as posible i do...:)
  • November 12, 2009
    Ni pilem yang muantap bagiku....!!!!
    Suka banget deg
  • November 11, 2009
    Best Sound Mixing 2006

Critic Reviews


December 13, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim

Offers non-stop excitement and we MEAN non-stop, an electrifying epic in every sense of the word. full review

December 11, 2006
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

[Gibson] has learned how to tell a tale, and to raise a pulse in the telling. You have to admire that basic gift, uncommon as it is in Hollywood these days, though equally you have to ask what obsessi... full review

December 8, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

By now, it's fair to say that Mel Gibson does not make boring movies. He does, however, make movies that make you a little worried about him. full review

December 8, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

It is Mel Gibson's latest proof that as a director, his ambition is boundless and his energy nearly so, but his judgment is sorely lacking. full review

December 8, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV

"Apocalypto" isn't a movie for everyone, Lord knows. Those who dislike even the thought of a big, black jungle cat chewing the face off a fallen warrior should probably see another movie. full review

December 7, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Perhaps Gibson is trying to shock us into absorbing the torment and severity of man's inhumanity to man. The tragedy is that the film has the opposite effect: As we are bombarded by savagery, we becom... full review

December 7, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Mel Gibson's Apocalypto is, above all, a muscular and kinetic action movie, a drama of rescue and revenge with very little organic relation to its historical setting.

December 7, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

There's a savage magnificence to Apocalypto, with visuals worthy of Fellini or David Lynch, and the kind of relentless excitement that only a few filmmakers can deliver. full review

November 23, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Gibson has made a film of blunt provocation and bruising beauty. full review

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Comments


  • OsMaAaRdi
    June 4, 2009
    I really liked ts great movie
    it was very interesting one
    everyone in this movie was just running and running
    but it was pretty gd
    ( I din't like that when all the wonderfull characters died )
  • freakmebaby209
    February 9, 2008
    Amazing movie! A MUST SEE!!
  • shortsweet286
    February 3, 2008
    this movie is great i saw it 2 times
  • movieaddict15
    December 26, 2007
    "two thumbs up"
  • nelson811
    October 19, 2007
    I specially like the jaguar scene, good stuff (-:
  • mANNson
    September 13, 2007
    I LOVE RUDY....=]
  • KuroDemashi
    July 28, 2007
    jus saw dis movie. it was fucken tiiiiiiiiight. it was f'in emoional too. jerk some of my tears. FA REAL........GANGSTA GANGSTA BIAATCH....know dat..;>
  • RamonCassanova
    July 24, 2007
    The review given by 00AYA00 is one of the most insipid reviews i've ever read! Ill give her the benefit of the doubt however and chalk it up to teenage stupidity. It was the white man who destroyed the great civilizations of the americas and if you ever decide to open up a history book, you'll find that european history was just as brutal as any other civilization. The europeans killed for far more ridiculous reasons than the native americans EVER did! Stay in school dingleberry and learn some grammar! (dummy!)
  • cuzzycutegirl
    July 21, 2007
    i really loved it!
  • shahinmansoor
    July 20, 2007
    excellent !!!

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